Guitar players- can I get your help?

Question

Hey fellow guitar players...I need some help with chords. I am a decent guitarist and have been playing for 15 years. I've played rythym in a few bands, but nothing extraordinary. I'm finally getting inspired (after a couple of years) to pick up my guitar again and play. I want to start playing and writing again...

Do you have any suggestions on some real pretty sounding chord progressions that I could use? maybe something a bit different than G, C, D....I'm looking for 3 or 4 chords......thanks group, you're awesome.....

sorry about deleting my first question...I posted in the wrong category and didnt want to get reported....sorry to the 2 who answered....feel free to answer again, please

Answer 1

Progressive chords in the key of "C"
C major
E seventh
A seventh
D seventh
G seventh
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C seventh
F major
F minor
C major.

You can do a lot with these
Play them from top to bottom.

Answer 2

what you describe w/ g,c,and d constitutes what is known as a I IV V progression where G is the I chord, C is the IV chord, etc. This is a very common progression across blues, country, and rock. Others you might try include I VI II V and I VI IV V, both of which are reminiscent of tunes like "sleepwalk", etc. In the key of G these would be G major, E minor, A minor , and D7 for the first case, and G major, E minor, C major, and D7 for the second case. You also might be familiar with modal interchange, the most common example of which would be the outro for Stairway to Heaven (A minor, G major, F major- make it an F major seventh for extra class).

Answer 3

C C C
F F
Gm Gm Gm
F F
and you have Louie, Louie, the all time party classic.
Seriously though, in the key of C, a good progression would be C, G, Am, F, C, G, F, Em, Dm, C. Pretty standard. Next time around after the ending, add an Fm, Fm6, C.
There are thousands of combinations....use your ear to determine what sounds pleasing to you. And don't forget to add your little finger to chords(such as in a C chord, put your pinky on and off of either the 4th string, 3rd string, 2nd, or 1st). All add some color.

Answer 4

Get the rock chord white pages from Barnes and Noble that THICK book has ALOT of progressions. I'm a bass player And I use the bass version to build progressions,Harmony's and AWESOME riffs Keep the faith and keep on playin'

Answer 5

Some of my favorites are:

G, D, Em, C
Em, C, G, D
C, G, Am, F
Bm, G, D, A

Answer 6

usually ill just go thru and hit random chords

Answer 7

ccef
acgd

Answer 8

Em, G, C, Am

Answer 9

Am, C, D, F, Am, C, E
Am,C, D, F,Am,E,Am,E